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Friday, January 7, 2022

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, January 7, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT

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TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES



Announcing The Blue Tide’s new January 6th single: “Right Time (To Sing the Blues)” – I AM AN EDUCATOR - https://wp.me/p3bHrD-1L2 via @JessedHagopian



The January 6 coup attempt failed. But its leaders are still at large. - https://michaelklonsky.substack.com/p/the-january-6-coup-attempt-failed



NYC Public School Parents: Deceptive messaging and multiple gaps in the level of protection from Covid that the DOE is providing students -- but why? - https://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2022/01/multiple-gaps-in-level-of-protection.html



Dana Milbank: Republicans Allow Their Crazies to Represent the Party | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vib via @dianeravitch



Teacher Tom: What I Learned From Learning To Ride A Bike - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2022/01/what-i-learned-from-learning-to-ride.html



Stephen Dyer Destroys the Case for Vouchers in Ohio—or Anywhere Else | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vi8 via @dianeravitch



#LockoutLori – Weaponized Narrative 101 – Wrench in the Gears - https://wp.me/p7SU8W-2AH



Curmudgucation: A Reminder About the Uselessness of Test Scores | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/11208 on @NEPCtweet



Ed Notes Online: UFT Outsourcing to Salesforce Update - Workers sue UFT over being replaced by Salesforce as they slam Mulgrew - https://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2022/01/uft-outsourcing-to-salesforce-update.html



Roadmap for resetting covid-19 school policies - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/01/07/reset-covid19-school-policies-roadmap/



Seattle Schools Community Forum: More Details on Broadview Thomson Encampment Story - https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2022/01/more-details-on-broadview-thomson.html



RECOGNIZING ACHIEVEMENT – Dad Gone Wild - https://wp.me/p4d08y-32t via @norinrad10



Superintendents Must Know and Do Better - Philly's 7th Ward - https://phillys7thward.org/?p=2396



What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been: Five Decades of Ed Reform | Teacher in a strange land - https://wp.me/p1Wvaa-gg via @nancyflanagan



glen brown: President Joe Biden's Address to the Nation on January 6, 2022 - https://teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com/2022/01/president-joe-bidens-address-to-nation.html

The Sizable Downside of De Blasio’s Education Record - https://www.gothamgazette.com/opinion/11020-downside-de-blasio-education-record via @gothamgazette


DC Public Schools Open To Students After COVID Testing Campaign https://dcist.com/story/22/01/06/dcps-return-to-school-in-person-learning/

New York City Schools Don’t Have a Plan for Omicron - Progressive.org - https://progressive.org/public-schools-advocate/new-york-city-schools-plan-omicron-jacobs-220106/

Why one SFUSD teacher skipped school to join the ‘sick out’ - The San Francisco Examiner - https://www.sfexaminer.com/?p=319024

NYC schools failed to provide students with adequate remote learning access: lawsuit https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2022/1/6/22870943/nyc-schools-remote-learning-lawsuit via @ChalkbeatNY

Blog Posts Archive - Network For Public Education - https://networkforpubliceducation.org/best-posts/ on @Network4pubEd




Meeting the Moment: Challenges, Strategies, and Resources for Leading in a Time of Disinformation | Cloaking Inequity - https://wp.me/p2D92I-5Rl via @ProfessorJVH






Philly schools go virtual for snow Friday as COVID cases surge https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2022/1/6/22871247/virtual-snow-day-covid-quarantine-guidelines-philadelphia-teachers-union via @ChalkbeatPHL

Remembering bell hooks and 'All About Love' | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/remembering-bell-hooks-and-all-about.html via @NewBlackMan


Pennsylvania fair funding trial resumes: “We have done great things … but we don’t have the funding we need.”  https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2022/1/7/22871473/pennsylvania-fair-funding-trial-resumes via @ChalkbeatPHL

America’s COVID Rules Are a Dumpster Fire https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/01/cdc-new-isolation-guidelines-confusing/621192/?utm_source=feed

NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/ via @NewBlackMan

Nikole Hannah-Jones on the Power of Collective Memory | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/nikole-hannah-jones-on-power-of.html via @NewBlackMan

Duke Science and Technology: An Algorithm for a Better World | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/duke-science-and-technology-algorithm.html via @NewBlackMan

Remembering bell hooks and 'All About Love' | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/remembering-bell-hooks-and-all-about.html via @NewBlackMan

100 Ohio School Districts File A Lawsuit Against EdChoice Vouchers https://popularresistance.org/100-ohio-school-districts-file-a-lawsuit-against-edchoice-vouchers/


Thousands of Chicago Students and Faculty COVID-19 Tests Rendered 'Invalid' After Shipping Troubles https://www.theroot.com/thousands-of-chicago-students-and-faculty-covid-19-test-1848319941

7 Cleveland Schools Named After Slaveholders Set to Be Renamed https://www.theroot.com/7-cleveland-schools-named-after-slaveholders-set-to-be-1848320157

Black Teachers Are Leaving the Profession Behind In Huge Numbers https://www.theroot.com/black-teachers-are-leaving-the-profession-behind-in-hug-1848314787



Schools sticking with in-person learning scramble for subs https://sacobserver.com/2022/01/schools-sticking-with-in-person-learning-scramble-for-subs/

Here’s How HBCUs Are Responding to Omicron https://sacobserver.com/2022/01/heres-how-hbcus-are-responding-to-omicron/

A Texas charter school had to remove an anti-racist quote from its website before it could open https://www.texastribune.org/2022/01/06/critical-race-theory-charter-school/

Kids are back in school — and struggling with mental health issues https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/01/07/1070969456/kids-are-back-in-school-and-struggling-with-mental-health-issues

What it really takes to keep schools open during the omicron surge https://www.npr.org/2022/01/07/1071014195/tests-staffing-schools-closed-schools-open-omicron-surge

With Chicago Schools Closed, Families Grit Their Teeth https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/07/us/chicago-schools-families.html

A School Won 92-4 in Basketball. Then the Coach Was Suspended. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/nyregion/connecticut-high-school-girls-basketball-coach.html

California is swimming in money. How will Gavin Newsom spend California's budget surplus? https://www.rawstory.com/california-is-swimming-in-money-how-will-gavin-newsom-spend-california-s-budget-surplus/




'I'll kill you': Dad charged with hate crime for threatening daughter’s Black classmate in viral video https://www.rawstory.com/hate-crime-2656248134/

Chicago Cancels School For 3rd Day As City Fights Teachers Union Over COVID Protocols https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chicago-cancels-school-city-fights-teachers-union_n_61d7ac96e4b0d637ae9fb58e

Four UC campuses extend remote instruction through January amid worsening Omicron surge https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-01-06/four-uc-campuses-extend-remote-instruction-for-weeks-amid-worsening-omicron-surge

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is isolating COVID-positive students at hotels due to on-campus bed shortage https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-01-06/cal-poly-san-luis-obispo-covid-isolation-at-off-campus-hotels

Democrats propose California universal healthcare, funded by new income, business taxes https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-01-06/democrats-propose-california-universal-healthcare-funded-by-new-income-and-business-taxes

Omicron stresses schools across California to the limit as they fight to stay open https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-01-06/omicron-disrupts-schools-across-california


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Friday’s New Tweets & Articles On School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=123652 on @Larryferlazzo

This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy Issues | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=123649 on @Larryferlazzo

Chinese (Lunar) New Year Begins On Feb. 1st – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=122451 on @Larryferlazzo

New NASA Video: “Hubble’s Grand Tour of the Outer Solar System” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=122237 on @Larryferlazzo

U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases





New Hampshire: Legislature Tables Unpopular Voucher Bill! | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vi1 via @dianeravitch






Jan Resseger: 100 School Districts in Ohio File Lawsuit Against Vouchers | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vi6 via @dianeravitch






Melania Is Cashing in by Selling Her Stuff | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vig via @dianeravitch



How Do Teachers Teach Now (Part 3) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice - https://wp.me/pBm7c-8q6 via @CubanLarry






Challenge, Opportunities, and Wisdom - ED.gov Blog - https://blog.ed.gov/?p=31036



MPS to stay virtual until Jan. 18 as board calls for city mask mandate - https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2022/01/06/mps-superintendent-recommends-virtual-until-jan-18-cases-surge/9116268002/#new_tab via @journalsentinel

Meet the police dogs sniffing out COVID-19 at Massachusetts schools - CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-police-dog-massachusetts-schools/#new_tab by @https://twitter.com/toribpowell on @CBSNews

Clark County School District to award employees retention bonuses | Las Vegas Review-Journal - https://wp.me/p8qdWm-awFH on @reviewjournal

Locked-Out Chicago Teachers Going Door-to-Door to Sign Families Up for COVID Testing - https://www.newsweek.com/locked-out-chicago-teachers-going-door-door-sign-families-covid-testing-1666600#new_tab on @newsweek

Who wants to lead America's school districts? Anyone? Anyone? - The Nevada Independent - https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/who-wants-to-lead-americas-school-districts-anyone-anyone#new_tab via @thenvindy

Houston ISD is hiring 500 students and alumni as elementary school tutors to combat COVID setbacks - https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/Houston-ISD-hiring-500-students-alumni-covid-16753862.php#new_tab on @houstonchron

Surge and sickout: 20% of S.F. educators absent as district struggles to supervise classrooms - https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/Surge-and-sickout-20-of-San-Francisco-educators-16755181.php#new_tab on @sfchronicle

Families despair over post-holiday return to remote learning | AP News - https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-education-detroit-cde614839b15d02a594dab1e690c7d46#new_tab on @ap

Oakland teachers plan ‘sickout’ protest as omicron cases surge - https://oaklandside.org/?p=401643 via @Oaklandside





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